A new era is upon us. After having taken the wraps off this year's set of Nexus devices, it's time to clear out the old and make way for the new. If you head over to the Play Store now looking to buy a Nexus 7 or a Nexus 10, you will find that Google has listed them as no longer available for sale.

These results are the same regardless if you're looking at a Nexus 7 with Wi-Fi or LTE. The story doesn't change with the 16GB and 32GB versions of the Nexus 10 either. This messages comes with bold text that is all the more imposing than simply being told that things are out of stock. In typing this, I feel that a moment of silence is in order.

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But you can always pick up either device from Amazon or eBay if you're really looking to get your hands on one.

And on that hangs a hope for a 64bit 808 N5 next year, that's the phone I want next, for $399 please.

WestSiide

So why is almost every variant of the N5 out of stock on the Play Store? Did Google say they were going to continue selling the N5 for another year alongside the N6?

jpelgrom

Why did they stop selling the Nexus 7? There isn't a proper successor for it. I can understand the Nexus 10, since we now have Nexus 9, but Nexus 7...?

fmac

Nexus 6... in a way

me me

If you compare diagonals when consuming 16:9 content, the N10 is much bigger than the N9, and the N8 is only slightly bigger than N7.

More room for adverts to the side in portrait mode, is what 4:3 does for you. I use my N10 portrait and zoom to remove the sides and got a lot of up/down ease of scrolling and reading.

16:10 is better, unless you're a Apple indoctrinated.

Google: me-too Apple just a little cheaper!

carlisimo

If you do the math, the Nexus 9 loses 16.3% of the Nexus 10's screen area, at 38.0 sq. in. compared to 45.4. Interestingly, their width should be just about identical at 5.33 in. The Nexus 10 simply kept going for another 1.4 inches.

WestSiide

Was there ever a price drop before they stopped selling them? I wonder because I haven't yet seen a price drop on the Nexus 5. I'd like to buy one from the Play Store before they pull the plug on them too.

runderekrun

Nexus 5 is staying around.

WestSiide

Just checked the Play Store and every variant of the N5 except for the white 16gig is listed as out of stock... Hmmm...

IMO, the Nexus 9 is overpriced. Nearly $500 for 32GB is just not acceptable. If it was 64GB, I could swallow it. Starting at 16GB considering the rising amount of data in apps and content is a joke.

Mattie

I agree and am still on the fence about it. If Apple put 2GB and an A8x chip in the new mini i'd have gobbled that up in a heartbeat. The 64GB iPad Air 2 is effectively $130 more though so I think N9 it is after all.

FrillArtist

Yup. It's a wonderful piece of hardware but the price structure is just out of whack. I expect a price drop in the future though.

TedPhillips

i wouldn't call it overpriced, considering we don't have much reference for denver cored devices.... still at those price levels, should've bumped the nand one notch across teh board.

Damn I REALLY want a 64 GB Midnight Blue Nexus 6... However holding onto my $350 OnePlus One it makes me think twice about spending $700 on one.... Twice the price? Really? Now the only phones I can recommend to people under $400 is the Moto G, Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G, and the OnePlus One.

Christopher McKee

I understand why they would drop the aging Nexus 10, as the 9 is the more or less successor, but why would Google drop the 7 inch form factor from their offerings? Should we be expecting a refresh of the N7, or are they really just going without that size for the foreseeable future?

Aldeano

Oh... They could continue selling the 7. It's a wonderful tablet with a wonderful price.

Deeco

Why would they drop the Nexus 7? Nexus 10 yes, but N7, really?

Chris Sanner

exactly what I was wondering

VAVA Mk2

Becoming less necessary with phablets on the rise? I think Google felt the small tablet market was getting cluttered which is why they left.

Adriano

That's true, specially with the release of the N6.

Keith Zubot-Gephart

I suppose since the Nexus 6 is almost identical in size :P

But seriously now, the 7 was a great and affordable little tablet. I think it's a big mistake not to have a replacement model.

DrM

That's not a direct indication that manufacturing of the N7 has actually stopped, it just means that Google stopped selling it themselves.
This might be more wishful thinking, but as of now like the article said - there are other vendors who still sell new N7s, here's hoping that they'll restock.

Mike Reid

My guess: Everything has an end of life.

At some point, the contracts to supply X components for a period of Y months come to an end. Then it becomes hard or too expensive to source the parts for new batches.

That said, I'm sad to see the Nexus 7 go. It was nice to have a cheap AND good quality tablet to recommend.

But the 7 is now too small with these 5-6" phones on the market. There wouldn't be much of a point in a tablet one inch larger than your phone. The Nexus 9 brings much more real estate and its not too big or awkward to hold like the nexus 10.

n_a_v

Nope, the size was still perfect even though phones are getting bigger.

jamaall

I disagree. While 7" was perfect for something like playing games in landscape or viewing videos, its not as productive as a 3:2 9" screen. The Nexus 9 is more capable of web browsing and doing work on (docs, slides, sheets, etc). I used to love my Nexus 7 back when I had a 4.3" phone, but I just can't justify the need for one now that my phone is 5" (and that may get larger soon). Also, Android and the Google Suite of prodictive apps has gotten good enough for me to want to do work on a tablet now, while it wasn't great a year or two ago.

n_a_v

I don't know, I had a work seminar yesterday and I didn't have any problems marking up pdf slides with notes, highlights, etc on my N7.

My point in the other comment was that the usefulness of a 7 inch screen doesn't change just because phones have gotten bigger. Plus, not everyone has or wants a Note, N6 or i6+

jamaall

That is true. Unfortunately, I don't think google wants to put out too many devices. It would be nice to have a both a smaller and larger device, but the market as a whole is trending larger. Therefore, they went with the majority that is the Nexus 9, over the Nexus 7. I'd say your best bet for a N7 like device at this point in time would be a Shield Tablet. I myself may even buy a shield tablet over the N9 because it is more portable like the N7 but it includes a stylus and is much cheaper.

Adriano

Sounds like Google didn't want the N7 to cannibalize on the N9's piece of the pie.

Swaglord

That N7.. i bought one last year and the screen cracked instantly when it fell from my lap.. It's sleeping ever since that happened..:( i take it out rarely to watch a movie using a mouse to control it.. *wipes tears*.. couldnt get it fixed as it costs almost half the price to do it.. :( so no more tablets for me..ever...

TheAlgy

N7 (2013) should have stayed like the N5. It has aged well and has plenty of zip, unlike N10 and N7(2012).

jm9843

I agree. The new L preview is zippy on the 2013 N7.

rmkilc

Sad to see the Nexus 7 go. I hope they release another one soon.

FrillArtist

When is the Nexus 6 going up for sale or preorder? The specs on that thing and the design are just absolutely mind blowing. I can't wait to get my hands on one.

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WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK?!!?

lulz_deliver

That happened me in 2012 when ordering the N7. They will probably "charge" you the tablet and return the cash within 10 days.. sucks. And you will have to order it AGAIN.

Matthew Fry

I was pretty annoyed seeing the Nexus 10 still for sale for $499 yesterday.

iDude

They shouldve kept the Nexus 7, Its still a decent alternative to the more expensive ($399) Nexus 9.

me me

Anyone who wanted a N7 has had many many deals over many months in the $130-$170 region so the removal of $230+ off Play isn't removing really anything anyone should really be buying from.

N7 great for what it did, made a decent Android tablet accessible to many. I expect it will still sell from other sources for some time.

Personally, I moved to one of the other smaller tablets offers, I picked up the Gpad 8.3 from Newegg for $199+tax and added $30 64GB SD and got something 8% bigger than N7 with 19% bigger screen due to the 11% smaller bezels, and of course 16:10 wastes less screen than 4:3 and within 1% useful screen of the new N9 but at less than half its cost and with more than double the storage.

The baton moves next to progressively discounted Samsung Tab Pro and then to Tab S, once CM11 is officially supporting it. If you wait then by 6 months from now Tab S discounted with CM11 will be the "grandchild" of the N7 in terms of price/spec and open Android. Meanwhile Google moves on to try to be a Apple clone just slightly cheaper.

N10 is my most used screen-on-time Android device, 10" forward facing speakers, much better still than N9 for sitting watching media, 2" bigger than N9 and the surprising bit of the same 32GB despite 2 years difference. 64GB OTG $20 is my top-up method.

Really odd 2014 Google is so different from 2012 Google, rather than extending Android by accessible price, pulling those who are wiling to pay premium towards stock. Its different.

senor_heisenberg

Google is weird. They just killed off one of the most successful line of Andros tablets (N7). What sense does that make?

Elliot

The line was not the N7, the n7 was part of the Nexu tablet line.

lulz_deliver

With this, google is admitting DEFEAT on the tablet section: 16:10 lost against 4:3, aka Google lost against Apple. An idiotic move imho, since just by letting the n7 stay together with the n5 they would have mantained a bigger and better portfolio and mantained the 16:10 line.

carlisimo

There had always been a few 4:3 Android tablets, hadn't there?. Personally, I think it's more practical for tablets' most common use, browsing. Also better for most games, and for anything that involves typing in landscape orientation. It also means the screen is not as wide in landscape, so the software buttons are easier to reach. I'd hate if we decided to stick with an inferior (imo) aspect ratio just because Apple's doing the opposite.

The Nexus 9 isn't going to kill off 16:10 or 16:9 tablets anyway.

Narciso Neto

Wow, those wallpapers looks incredible and are even more beautiful than those shapes and colors

Christopher Heuer

Guess we'll never get that Nexus 10 dock.

selonmoi

Is the Nexus 5 going to get a price cut? It's not looking terribly likely.

It's so weird, though. Surely Google doesn't believe that it offers the same value that it did a year ago? I still find it the most appealing option as a replacement for my two-year-old N4. I'd be all over it if it were $50 cheaper, but I'm a frugal shopper and it feels unwise to pay full price for a year-old phone.

The Nexus program is in a really weird place right now. More than ever, I think Android Silver was supposed to replace it and the whole thing just blew up. And the N6 and N9 are what they could salvage from the scraps.

me me

I thought N5 would get a price drop from way back in July and waited and waited, and now I think it won't or just a small one given the N6 is so frigging expensive!

I bought a mint used N5. Great phone.

Only OnePlusOne really comes close on competitive.

WestSiide

Still waiting on that N5 price drop as well. I can't justify or understand how a year old device is still selling for the same as its launch price, when the newer model is just around the corner.

I think Google is gonna pull the plug on the N5 fairly soon. Almost every N5 model is currently listed as out of stock on the Play Store.

They will make Android 5.0 available for the Nexus 7 and 10 on November 3. Too bad they won't sell small tablets anymore.

Funem

I have a Note 3 and a Nexus 7 and the 7 is a perfect size for me for a tablet even though its not far off the size of the Note screen, I have no interest at the moment for a tablet with 4:3 ratio, they should have kept the Nexus 7 going, its still a great piece of kit and has lots of life left in it.

Dennis

...Except, I prefer 16:10 and 16:9 displays. And the 2013 Nexus 7 was the perfect size/weight combo for to use as a reading device, or travel puzzle tablet (love playing puzzle games with my wife on trips).

4:3 tablets make a very nice reading page, but at 9" or larger they're a pain to hold upright, either vertically or horizontally. And while I do read just fine on a large phone, 6" still doesn't feel like a book size to me.

...those are my reasons and I'm sticking to them. Here's hoping for a new 7" down the road!

Maskawisewin

Nexus 7 2013 models just shot up in resale value a good $10-50 I'd bet.

Iacobus

I was wondering what was up when I saw the Nexus 7 2013 on clearance at Staples a couple of weeks ago.

Ah, well. As the Robert Frost poem says, "Nothing gold can stay." I'll still enjoy my Nexus 7 2013 for as long as I can. Fantastic tablet at a fantastic price. Not too big a fan of the Nexus 9. I just hope that I can find a great tablet in that price range with pure Android when the time comes to upgrade. :P

eelcoh

I think Google creates these tablets as reference implementations. It doesn't really want to be a hardware shop, it only wants to show and help Samsung, HTC, Motorola, etc. how good an android tablet can be. But it doesn't want to get in their way. Asus now has a fine 7" tablet, so there is no need for a nexus anymore. At least, not according to their goals. Unfortunately.

ShoomKloom

But they are keeping the Nexus 5 on there.
Does that mean they will keep selling it?